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PHP for Absolute Beginners
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PHP for Absolute Beginners

by Thomas Blom Hansen, Jason Lengstorf
August 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
256 pages
6h 48m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 3

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Form Management

In Chapter 2, we built a dynamic, personal portfolio site. In the process, you saw how to encode URL variables with <a> elements and how to access such URL variables using the $_GET superglobal. Passing data is what separates dynamic web pages from static ones. By customizing an experience based on the user’s choices, you’re able to add an entirely new level of value to a web site.

Now that you have seen a little PHP and written a basic dynamic site, you’re ready to go deeper into URL variables. HTML <form> elements are commonly used to create interfaces that allow users to interact with your dynamic site. You have to ...

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